Cant support and guide



' T. E. cAMP CANT SUPPORT AND GUIDE Dec. 18, 11928.

Filed Nov. 7, 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 f I VEN TOR.

ATTORNEY.

.Dec. 18, 1928. 1,695,751

T. E. CAMP CANT SUPPOR'I; AND GUIDE Filed Nov. 7, 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 f NVENTOR. ,3 4 A 5 ATTORNEY.

I Patented Dec. 18, 1928.

TROY EARL CAMP,

F STEPHENSON, MISSISSIPPI.

Y 1 01mm sexton! w atnot.

' t App igeti n l N vemb r 7 1,927 21 no 23 56 This invention relates to wood,

p n e er y t m eh n sme s eiete wit saw for"shifting cval l't s or logs tran eversely or vertically during the moxqernentof saWi gmn 5 thecant as it is presented to the saw.

lt isvantobject'of this invention torp royide a support for the cent which W. rotate as thefcant passes over it, and to provide novel means whereby the support may ,be Slllftfld t guide he an -t an ve e y,

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It is; fu rtl ermore an tohjectlt r d th 55 d v device includes other instrumentalities Operattive to changethepositron of thelogs vertl- Pmw'ide 12 clextice of this eharecter :v-th'at can 'be in n ti w th u ua a eedroll'er or other feeding instrnment ltie sgemployedin saw mills.

a fu t e obj c Oil' h einventie t P d a m a ism 't e ehamete m dlczttecl Whi h can e expedi i us y ma ipl r,

latedut Rew rin the emp ymen o V uncluelfogrce eggentlon ;.and it ilrrtherrnore en vobject to produce a edev lce -whtch ;1s eflicient kind satisfactory in. use.

With the foregoing and 'vo ther objects View, the 'i nyention tconsi s ts in the details 0f n r t on, n n the ve renge s ae and combinatlon of parts .to bedherelnafter rnore {an set forth and claimed.

In describing the .inventlon jndetatflfrefQ erence lwlllibe had to the accornp a tng draw;

e te -"m ne pm 9 his. ep lm ti newhe e in like characters denote corresponding pa rt s in the several views end in which t -s d ation I ofa cant support I'tdshjftereihb0dying the Figure. l illnstratesn yi nt n i ns roller shaft Figure i he de i right an le 0 @1111 Fig". 1 partly insection;

igure 4 ill gtrates av sectione-liview n' the. the structure heline 454,0 1 Fig. 8 omitting low the ends of the arrows;

Figure 5 1 illustrates a plan v; of 'ahiitine' me ha sm; P

Figure 2 vlllustretes lalperslpecti ve .Yiew a fragment of the bracket molllltl ng for gthe llnstrates a viewineleyation of t-Sho n i ew in detail 7 o v v l V vthan the peri pherylof'theseetlon. Eachhuh a View in) elevation of I Figure 9 illustrates}; plan mew-of the i showniFig. 7t; and I V Figure .10 illustrates it, gectional v.V ieiv v Of a fragment of the cant roller ,ah'ishpportl l .1 1 th d wi ge a 6 en p up gh s med o' le i mas Sh w in h pr s t l r i io and w hea is provided withhear ing blocks, s uc h'es I hat my be a c er to the po i l r m y ep propriete manner. 1 t 1 l A sheift 1-8 is j ou'rnt led in the hearings: of.

the post 15 and. a shaft 19 is "journal ed th e mg o th PQs-t' l and the a d hwf s prQj t-at he ow r end t p sfi h shaft 19' "has 'angularlj disposed'Tprojectiqns 20 1 and ,21 (at its upper end. and these Ypro'j ec i-Qlns nppe tia freme or'bmcketZZ 1 b e fi en s, he ea he nd r unfa e o th frame et the opposite end isfsuppl'iedrwith two ng tu na y xt d ng i 2 ndl wh c .are inspaced'..r el-ati0ntoeach other. Ablock 25 hegs a dovetail jointor connection Wyitl'lrth e d wi i a i n:-t iWh QhY ai block 1 is movable. The shaft 18 terminates gtt its.

upper end in at wrist pini2fi which is geccen ib to the ax oi. th -.$he ft rid th said wristlp n P j s 1 an aperturef27 Q fltl'l e ri Pin l apresently eppea tfind hen it i turne vement Wi b impar ed to the hloeltwhieh will .oarr obliquely vWithresp'e'c't to the ,longitndina axis of 'thec frame',"

and the gnoyem'ent of the (block will .{impett slight swi ging motionyto the frame which Will'serve IO-IIIOVQ the frame forwardly or rearwalrolly in a slight arc withthe shaitf 1,9 as'the pivot."

naled. in bearings of thelfrmne 22,an& the roller, inthe Present'etnbodimnt of thewin vention comp rises 21 pluralityof circular sectio'n's129, each oi WlllC-lf-hEISlL hub 30 Wider A czint qgtrrylng roller ha sja shafit 28150111:-

5 order that a gripping action of the disks will result. The sections of the roller and the disks are held assembled by bolts 32 that project through coinciding apertures 33 and 34 in the sections and disks, respectively.

By reason of the relation of parts just stated, rotation of the shaft 18 will result in swinging the endof the frame which is engaged by the block forwardly or rearwardly, and the position of the shaft 28 would therefore be changed to place it at a slight angle from that in which it is shown in the drawings and, consequently, during the rotation of the roller, it will. tend to change the direction of movement of the cant asit is delivered tothe gang.

The shafts '18 and 19 are also movable axially in their bearings and through these movements the roller may be adjusted as to height. The mechanism for rotating the shaft 18 and for moving both of the shafts axially is fu'lly'shown in the drawings.

The-shaft 18 is partially rotated through theem'ployment of an arm .35 which is attached to the shaft in any appropriate way in order that the oscillation of the arm 35 will partially rotate the said shaft. A link 36 may be pivotally connected to the arm and to a bell crank 37 The bell crank is of which is applied to an extension 43 of the 1 shaft 18 and the latter of which is applied to an extension 44 of the shaft 19. Each of the levers 41 and 42 is provided with an adjustable counterweight, such as 45, at theend remote from the shaft, and each'lever is oscillatably mounted on a shaft 46 supported by brackets 46* anchored to the posts.

A shaft 47is rotatably mounted in suitable bearings, conventionally shown at 48, and

h an arm .49 on the said shaft has a link 50 reaching to an operating lever 51 which may be manipulated to partially rotate the shaft 47. An arm 52 on theshaft which is connected to a link 53 pivoted to thelever 42 serves to raise or lower the outer end of the lever 42, according to the direction of thrust of the link 50, and the parts 52 and 53 are duplicated, in association with the lever 41 in order that both levers may be actuated simultaneously for raising and lowering the shafts.

'lhe levers 40 and 51 operate in conjunction with segmental racks 40 and 51 respectively, and the said levers each are provided with a latch 40 and 51 respectively, which co-acts with its respective rack for re taining the levers at different positions of adjustment.

The instrumentalities and the assembly heretofore described can be attached to floor timbers of mills,as those skilled in the art will understand, and one such floor timber 54 is here illustrated as having the posts attached'to it.

' 1. Ina cant support and guide, a roller having a shaft, bearings in which the shaft is rotatable, pivotal means for supporting the bearing at one end of the roller, and means for moving the hearing at the opposite end of the rollerin the arc of a circle.

2. In a cant support and guide, a roller having a shaft, bearings in whichthe shaft is rotatable. ivotal means for su ortinq the bearing at one end of the roller, guides as sociated with the bearing at the opposite end of the roller, a member operating in conjunctlon with the guides, an d means for imparting movement to said member 1n a direction substantially transversely of the axis of the shaft of the roller.

3. In a cant support and guide, a roller having a shaft, bearings inwhich the shaft is rotatable, pivotal means for supporting the hearing at one end of the roller, guides-associated with the hearing at the opposite end of theroller, a member operating in conjunction with the guides, means for imparting movement to said member in a direction substantially transversely of the axis of the shaft of the roller, and means for raising and lowering the said member and the said pivotal member for adjusting the height of the roller.

4. In a cant support and guide, a rotatably mounted roller on which a cant may travel, bearings in which the roller is supported, a vertically disposed rotatable shaft connected to a bearing near one end of the roller, a rotatably mounted cam shaft near the opposite end of said bearing, means for communicating the rotarylmotion of the camshaft to the last mentionedzbearing for oscillating the last mentioned bearing,'and means for rotating the cam shaft." V

5. Ina cant support and guide, a rotatably mounted roller on which a cant may travel,

bearings in which the roller is supported, a p

vertically disposed rotatable shaft connected to a bearing near one end of the roller, a'rotatably mountedcam'shaft near the opposite" end of sald bearing, means for comm'unicat-' ing the rotary motion of the cam shaft to the last mentioned bearing for oscillating the last mentioned bearing, means for rotating the cam shaft, means for supporting the said. shafts 1n the bear ngs, and means for moving.

the said shafts axially and for retaining them in differentpositions of adjustment.

6. In a cant support and guide, arota'tably' mounted roller on which a cant may travel, hearings in which the roller is supported, a vertically disposed rotatable shaft connected to a bearing near one end ofthe roller, arotatably mounted cam shaft near the opposite bearing, means for communicating the rotary motion of the cam shaft to the last mentioned bearing for oscillating the last mentioned bearing, means for rotating the cam shaft, levers oscillatably mounted and connected to the said shafts for supporting them, counter- TROY E. CAMP.

shafts. 

